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EXPLORATOR
Watching the Web for News of the Ancient World
Volume 4, Issue 11 -- July 15, 2000
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Editor's note: Depending on your mail software, some urls may wrap
(especially those from the Telegraph) which will require you to
rebuild the url at your end; if you get a 'file not found', check to see if
the url wrapped on you. Most urls should be active for at least eight hours
from the time of 'publicatio'.
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Apologies for lateness loyal readers ... I did warn you! Hopefully the effects of Explorator withdrawal haven't set in yet ...
Thanks to Bill Kennedy, Sujazz, Jeff, and Don Holeman for headses upses this week (a.a.h.i.h.l.n.o.o.)
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OLD WORLD NEWS
There's a new candidate for 'oldest human relative' based on artefacts found in Ethiopia:
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(this goes beyond the discovery in Ethiopia)
There is evidence to push back the beginnings of agriculture:
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A 3500-year-old Scottish cemetery has been revealed:
National Geographic has a feature on animal mummies:
ArabicNews has a feature on John Lee Ellison's work on the Ras Shamra texts:
The BBC reports on the piecing together of ancient Persian religous texts (Gospel of Mani):
Groundwater is threatening the Temple of Karnak:
Russian archaeologists have found a grave dating to the fifth century B.C.:
Road construction near Birmingham has turned up some Iron Age and Roman remains:
... which I think is a different report from the National Geographic feature on the Asian Huns:
... and a Times report on finds near the Great Wall of China:
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The BBC World Service has a feature on Cambodia's ancient remains:
A 17th century (A.D.) mummy is baffling scientist types:
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The Independent has a feature on the top ten archaeologists working in Britain:
The Independent also has a guide of sorts on various A-Level exam choices which includes why people might study such things as archaeology:
... Classical Greek:
... Classical Civilization:
In one of what will probably be many stories this summer of students going on real and/or constructed 'digs', the CORAL project is recreating an Egyptian tomb excavation:
... more common is this report from Philly:
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NEW WORLD NEWS
Ancient remains near Willamette, Oregon:
The Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina is also the site of a 1400-year-old village:
Pre-roadwork excavations in Arizona have turned up some artifacts:
Archaeologists are planning a major survey of shipwrecks of St. Augustine:
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ON THE NEWSSTANDS
Egypt Revealed has a piece on how the National Geographic society is honouring Zahi Hawass with the title of Explorer in Residence:
cf.
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ON THE WEB
The Bible and Interpretation site has a new article up by Thomas L. Thompson on the historiography (including the political side of things) of ancient Israel:
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ON THE ARCHAEOLOGY CHANNEL
I haven't really followed this one as I should have, but beginning with this issue I'll keep you up-to-date on the latest streaming media available at the Archaeology Channel. By way of introduction, there are currently streaming features (in both Windows Media and Real format) on the Popham Colony, Egypt: Gift of the Nile, Machu Picchu, and several other sites ... good stuff:
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AT ABOUT.COM
Latin Guide Janet Burns' latest is on Zeugma:
Ancient History Guide N.S. Gill's latest is on the sons of Nubel and the Gildonic War:
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REVIEWS
The Independent has a review of Heather Pringle, *The Mummy Congress*:
... and there's another review of Charles Thomas, *Palestine Twilight":
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CLASSICIST'S CORNER
The Independent has a nice piece (albeit with a common spelling error) on the Hellenic Festival of tragedies etc. going on in Athens:
Peter Jones' latest in the Spectator:
The Times has an interesting essay on Latin in various countries:
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OBITUARIES
Thomas Wiedemann:
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FOLLOWUPS
Aboukir Bay:
Elgin Marbles:
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Hunley:
Kennewick Man:
Mongolian 'pyramid':
Monitor:
Temple Mount:
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REGULAR FEATURES
Radio Finland's Nuntii Latini
U.S. Weather in Latin:
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